Committee for Better Govt Autozone, Inc.

Political Action Committee

Registered Jan 1990 · Treasurer: Adam Christopher · Memphis, TN

Also giving in

Also gave $11,000.00 in Memphis-area politics

Also gave $16,000.00 in U.S. Congress politics

Cross-jurisdiction totals reflect the linked entity record and may exclude unmerged duplicates; figures are two separate per-jurisdiction public totals, not a combined statewide total.

Raised
$46,959
incl. $18,883 unitemized small gifts
Total Spent
$45,850
Spent outside Tennessee
$29,000
63% of spending
To TN candidates
$9,250
20% of spending

Where the Money Goes

Of the $45,850 this committee reported spending, the largest share — $29,000 (63%) — went to activity outside Tennessee.

Operating share of spending compares operating spending with total spent.

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Operating / overhead spending divided by everything this committee spent (each expenditure lands in exactly one bucket).

Operating spending: $100 ÷ Total spent: $45,850
Inputs behind Operating share of spending
Operating / overhead spending $100
Contributions to candidates $9,250

“Spent outside Tennessee” is money this committee sent out of state — a multi-state committee’s lump non-Tennessee line plus any individually-filed out-of-state contributions (itemized below). Separate from out-of-state donors.

Contributions to Candidates

No contributions to tracked candidates on record.

This committee’s own filings report $9,250 to candidates, while tracked candidates reported receiving $0. Of the $9,250 difference, $9,250 went to recipients not tracked here (itemized below).

Its filing also reports $9,250 in candidate contributions to recipients not tracked here:

  • Haslam, Bill $5,000.00
  • Corker for Senate 2012 $2,000.00
  • Cohen, Steve $2,000.00
  • Friends of Robert Hill $250.00

Tennessee caps what a PAC may give one candidate per election — $15,400 for statewide and House races, $30,800 for Senate races (2025–26 limits; a primary and a general count as separate elections). Registry of Election Finance limits.

Contributions to Other PACs

Contributions to other political action committees
Committee Total
Tennessee Legislative Campaign Committee $5,000.00
Harwell PAC $1,250.00
MARSHA PAC (Marsha Blackburn) $1,000.00
Committee To Elect Cherry Davis $250.00

Given in Other States

This committee sent $29,000 to 15 candidates and committees outside Tennessee, across 7 states. These are counted as spending outside Tennessee, not as Tennessee candidate support — Who Funds Tennessee doesn’t track out-of-state races, so they don’t link to a page here.

Contributions to candidates and committees outside Tennessee
Recipient State Total
Democratic State Committee Massachusetts $5,000.00
NRCC Washington, D.C. $5,000.00
Friends of Barbara Boxer Washington, D.C. $3,000.00
Friends of Blanche Lincoln Arkansas $2,500.00
Tenn Political Action Committee Inc. Virginia $2,500.00
Friends of Jim Clyburn South Carolina $2,000.00
Congressman Joe Barton Committee Texas $1,500.00
Mike Beebe for Governor Arkansas $1,000.00
Andrew Cuomo 2010 New York $1,000.00
Cantor for Congress Virginia $1,000.00

Operating & Other Spending

Operating spending by purpose
Purpose Total
Annual Pac Fee $100.00

Who Funds It

Donors funding this political action committee
Donor Location Employer Total Given
William Rhodes Memphis, TN AutoZone $4,992.00
Harry Goldsmith Memphis, TN AutoZone $2,500.00
Juan Santiago Memphis, TN Autozone Inc. $2,300.00
Robert Olsen Memphis, TN AutoZone $2,000.00
James Shea Memphis, TN AutoZone $1,680.00
William Graves Memphis, TN AutoZone $1,500.00
Brian Campbell Memphis, TN AutoZone $920.00
Elizabeth Rabun Memphis, TN AutoZone $920.00
Grantland McGee Jr Memphis, TN AutoZone $920.00
Jon Bascom Memphis, TN AutoZone $920.00

Filing History

Totals as filed with the Tennessee Registry of Election Finance; see About for how this data is processed.

Campaign filing history
Filing Cash Beginning Cash Ending Source
Q4 2010 Historical $15,630.63 $24,874.91 Source: Q4 2010 filing Report 35653
Pre-General 2010 Historical $21,880.25 $15,630.63 Source: Pre-General 2010 filing Report 34377
Q3 2010 Historical $19,815.35 $21,880.25 Source: Q3 2010 filing Report 33397
Pre-Primary 2010 Historical $17,154.59 $19,815.35 Source: Pre-Primary 2010 filing Report 32027
Q2 2010 Historical $18,771.43 $17,154.59 Source: Q2 2010 filing Report 30972
Q1 2010 Historical $22,765.53 $18,771.43 Source: Q1 2010 filing Report 29716